Rail safety investigations & reports
Derailment of Pacific National Freight Train 2PW4-N, Ararat, Vic, 28 November 2003
Investigation number:
2003/005
2003/005
Status: Completed
Summary
On 28 November 2003, Pacific National freight train 2PW4-N travelling between Perth and Wollongong via Melbourne derailed two wagons after traversing a buckled rail at Ararat in Western Victoria. No injuries resulted from the derailment.
Ararat is located on the main railway corridor between Melbourne and Adelaide, approximately 265 kilometres from Spencer Street Station in Melbourne.
General details
| Date: | 28 November 2003 | Investigation status: | Completed | ||
| Time: | 1408 | ||||
| Location: | Ararat | ||||
| State: | Victoria | ||||
| Release date: | 09 February 2005 | Occurrence category: | Accident | ||
| Report status: | Final | Highest injury level: | None |